Co op style markets blur lines in New York and West Virginia notes
In New York City, wholesale jewelers cluster between Fifth and Sixth avenues and meat markets share roofs in Washington Market illustrating cooperative retail. West Virginia University appoints Dr Thomas P Martin as visiting history professor succeeding Dr John D Carter, with state police reporting 18 highway deaths for the year.
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N. York
West 47Th“Street
Bhetween Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Washington Market
Manhattan
Airlines
42Nd Street
Park Avenue
Eecfrontiet
Smidtown
Iittie
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Thomas P Martin
Dunn Loring
Virgin
Ohio University
Martin
John D. Carter
Air Force
Washington
Charleston
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
West Virginia
Charles Long
Burg
Thomas Pepper Alley
Mercer County
Smiles That Make You Happy Say Husbands Cause Cheer
Mrs Esther Sweeney Community Services director of the American Social Hygiene association says wives and daughters would not seek escape in bridge gin rummy or cocktail bars if husbands were more congenial. She cites ten cheerful smiles as evidence.
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Esther Sweeney
American Social’ Hygiene Association
Carloadings On Baltimore and Ohio Rail Reach 98,102
Weekly report shows 98 102 carloadings for the Baltimore and Ohio lines for the week ended January 22 1949 with 37 794 loaded on line and 20 708 received from connections. Comparisons note the prior year totals and the week ended January 15 1949. The page also contains columns of odd editorials and questions about animals and household curiosities.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Try and Stop Me at Overseas Press Club Banquet
Julius Ochs Adler and Bob Considine stole the show at the Overseas Press Club banquet while John McCloy of the World Bank drew the biggest laugh with a Winston Churchill anecdote. The piece recalls wartime BBC style curbs on Churchill speeches and a witty retort about pedantry.
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NEN
Julius Ochs Adler
Bob Considine
Overseas Press Club
John McCloy
World Bank
Foreign Office
Churchill
Todays Grab Bag and Birthday Greets
A quirky page includes trivia questions on mythical birds islands linked to Napoleon exile and Greek capital, plus a poet unknown. Birthday wishes go to Sammy Angett and Olin Dutra. It also shares modern manners advice about answering phones and a future forecast highlighting friendships and hobbies. Hillary Brooke career notes and Joe Howard trivia conclude the segment.
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Hillary Brooke
Hillary
Long Island
New York
Hollywood
Joe Howard
Curious Jan 17 historical notes mix of cinema and birthdays
The item blends early burlesque cinema training with a television career reference and marks January 17 as notable for events and birthdays. It recalls the 1945 Warsaw capture, and births of Franklin, Lloyd George, Chekhov, plus a trivia quiz about the dodo and rivers.
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Joe
Warsaw
Poland
Benjamin Franklin
David Lloyd George
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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